Grande Prairie, Alberta

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Typical abbreviation for Grande Prairie: Grande Pr.

The city of Grande Prairie is 2,140 feet [652.27 m] above sea level.^<1>

Time Zone: Grande Prairie lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time.

We searched for American and Canadian communities that also have the name of Grande Prairie, but it seems to be unique to this community.

At the time of the 2006 StatCan Census, Grande Prairie had a population of 47,076 people ^<2>. This is an increase of 27.29% since the previous Census (with 36,983 people in 2001).

With 47,076 people, Grande Prairie represented 1.43% of the total population of Alberta, making it the province's 7th most populous community.

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

Community	Direction	Distance ^<3>	2006 Population	Change Since 2001
Beaverlodge	W	25 mi [40.23 km]	2,264	7.3% increase
Bezanson	E	18 mi [28.97 km]	---
Buffalo Lake	NW	17 mi [27.36 km]	---
Clairmont	N	6 mi [9.66 km]	---
Dimsdale	W	7 mi [11.27 km]	---
Grovedale	S	8 mi [12.87 km]	---

To learn more about neighboring communities, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Grande Prairie.

Websites for Grande Prairie

Official Website:	www.cityofgp.com/

Chamber of Commerce:	www.gpchamber.com/

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Google's 'Search-by-Location' has proven to be a useful tool by people who planned visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Grande Prairie. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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The following websites contain collections of photos taken around Grande Prairie:

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Panoramio.com

Looking for more websites and/or information centered on Grande Prairie? Please visit the Map Page for Grande Prairie.

Footnotes

<1>	The elevation is an estimate for the area around Grande Prairie - it wil be higher in some places and lower in others. - Return to Citation
<2>	Unless noted otherwise, the population counts we use are estimates. Our population values come different sources and should not be considered official. - Return to Citation
<3>	Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Grande Prairie and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance. - Return to Citation

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Last Modified: 06 Nov 2009